Jacksonville Lawn Maintenance » How To Areate Your Jacksonville FL Lawn http://www.jacksonvillelawnmaintenance.com Jacksonville Lawn Maintenance Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How To Areate Your Jacksonville FL Lawn http://www.jacksonvillelawnmaintenance.com/lawn-care-jacksonville/how-to-areate-your-lawn/ http://www.jacksonvillelawnmaintenance.com/lawn-care-jacksonville/how-to-areate-your-lawn/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:38:56 +0000 Jacksonville Lawn Maintenance http://www.jacksonvillelawnmaintenance.com/lawn/how-to-areate-your-lawn/ The basic idea behind lawn aeration is that, like you, your lawn and the soil under it need to breathe. Providing much-needed lawn aeration for your grass entails dealing with thatch. Soils can become compacted in high-traffic areas or in areas that have mostly clay soils. This can kill off grass very quickly. Lawn thatch is the layer of dead turf grass tissue between the green vegetation and the soil surface that must be removed (a process known as “de-thatching”) to maintain lawn health. Lawn thatch is derived from stems, leaves, stolons, rhizomes and roots.

The build-up of lawn thatch makes it difficult for your lawn to breathe. Lawn aeration performed in spring or fall helps control lawn thatch. You should have your lawn aerated once a year.

The process of lawn aeration can be as simple as poking holes in the soil throughout the lawn by walking over the lawn with spiked shoes such as golf shoes. You should also faithfully remove as much lawn thatch as you can in fall by raking deeply, rather than just skimming the autumn leaves off the top of the lawn.

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